I belong to an oriya family, bengali and odiya recipes are bit similar specially most of the non-vegetarian items. Both the states of India has long costal belt so the people of these states love fishes a lot. Fish is the most common non-vegetarian item in Orissa and West Bengal. I have given here the step by step procedure to make bengali macher jhol.

Stir-frying is a technique for cooking food quickly in high heat. Trust me it is so tasty everyone in my family like the food. The only thing you have to remember stir fry means every ingredient should be in bite size so that you can enjoy taste of every ingredient.

I know many visitors coming to my blog would like to know how to make pasta at home, to be honest I tried it many times to get hold of the right taste and recipe. Here is what I learned over my making experience of pasta, you can make vegetable rich pasta or add meat.

Before making cookies at home I was thinking it is very difficult and cookies are made in factories only. It can’t be made at home but believe me it’s really easy to bake in your kitchen. It turned out well when I baked these cookies for the first time in my oven. Here is the recipe for making these cookies at home; you can bake these cookies during holidays or Christmas.

Do you have kids at home? It is really tough to feed kids as they are very choosy on foods they want to eat. They do need lots of vegetables in their regular diet. Spinach is rich in vitamins and minerals that everyone needs to add to their meal. If you are looking for a way to make your child eat spinach then here is a better idea. Spinach poori is the delicious food that everyone will like. Especially children love to eat Indian poori, if your child has no problem with puris then try this spinach poori at home and feed him/her.

Are you a vegetarian? If you are then you must be loving paneer. The chicken for non-vegetarian is equally compared with paneer for vegetarians in India. I constantly try to get some vegetarian recipes as I have couple of friends that keep requesting as they don’t take meat. Paneer is the king of vegetarian dishes, without paneer vegetarian party will not complete. Kadai paneer is one of the most popular punjabi dishes.

Wow, today is a day about mushrooms. I have a friend who’s husband loves mushroom than anything else to eat. He finishes half of the mushrooms in the kitchen while they are just fried and waiting for the curry gravy to be done and dipped into it. Well this chili mushroom recipe is totally dedicated to vegetarian people who really fall into difficulties when they think about what to cook today as they skip the meat in their life. I am halfway through these difficulties as I don’t take non-veg 4 days a week. Mushroom is one among my favorite vegetables and here is the likable recipe for it.

Green vegetables are very necessary for health. You can eat the vegetables by making any kind of curry or you can make varieties of salads. I usually prefer to eat salads than making curry as you lose so many rich vitamins and minerals in cooked foods. If you love to eat salad then make this spinach salad at your home today. Hope you will like this healthy spinach salad.

I love snacks in fact we all love snacks, but finding some recipe that is rich in vegetables is not easy. It really becomes tough for me when I think about a party and what I should cook for the starter. I also have to keep in mind that everyone will like it. If you ever felt yourself in the same shoes as mine then here is a dinner party starter that you can make easily in your kitchen. I have tons of friends who love vegetable cutlet, hey not to forget they can drive miles to eat these as well.

Whatever, I might write anything here to make a story but theme is that I love kheer, I can eat it 24/7. Dessert is a must in parties, do you also think like me on what to make for desserts? If you then here is something for you. You can make this rice pudding kheer anytime you through a party at your home. If you have some leftover rice then try it today. It takes very less time to make and gives a nice taste. Hope you will like it and let me know the outcomes.

Hey, tell me honestly who doesn’t look for desserts after a delicious full meal? Most of the Indians like to see gulab jamun in their dessert menu. My hubby and I like to eat gulab jamuns anytime and particularly I love it a lot. It does not take more time to make these gulab jamuns so you can make it easily at your home. Last time I made this sweet during Diwali. Here is the step-by-step guide to prepare gulab jamuns in your kitchen.

Are you a non-vegetarian? Do you like mutton? I like mutton curry because the curry enriches the flavor by the mutton fat, I will not prefer to cook my mutton curry with no mutton fats in it. This is certainly not for people who are very health conscious, obviously you can take the fats out and cook your mutton curry but I don’t know how it will taste to you.This is what I learned from my mom, she used to make this kind of mutton curry for us. I know I don’t cook this as good as her’s or it is my believe that she makes the better curry. However you can also try this at your kitchen.

If you are from India then you will be surprised to know how people call this dahi vada differently like dahi wada, dahi bada, dahi bara, dahi bare, dahi vade etc. No matter what you call it but it is the same, no difference in the recipe with the different naming conventions. It is also very popular in Odisa and we love to eat it with aloo dum(potato curry). When I made it first time at home it was not as good as you see in restaurants. I had several issues as I found my vada little hard, dahi wasn’t that tasty as it was expected to be so I kept on looking for answers in internet and asked my friends to help me out. I cooked it several times to make it perfect. Now I am good at it as others seems to appreciate so you can follow my steps to cook it at home.

These days lots of people are suffering from diabetes so they should not eat any kind of rice products. They can eat wheat products and naan bread is one among them. It is kind of chapatti but little different as the main ingredient is all purpose flour instead of whole wheat flour. If you been looking for recipe of naan for a long time then here is the step-by step process of how to make naan at home.

Do you love chicken? We both like chicken so keep trying different recipes at home. He kind of likes tandoori chicken a lot. I have made tandoori chicken several times at home. Believe me you can do it at home and it will not take much of your time. Here is the ingredient and complete process to cook tandoor at home that I followed to make for two of us.

I keep looking for ways to make something new on occasions, cooking something different is all that I want. Today I made this carrot cake for giving surprise to my hubby as he likes it a lot. You can use it for Christmas cake, thanksgiving cake, birthday cake, whatever you want. I made this carrot cake today and here are some carrot cake pictures that I took while baking it.

Egg is very helpful for health; one egg will add 90 calories to your meal so plan accordingly. You can make lots of dishes with egg, all the egg recipes are very easy and less time consuming. Boiled egg curry is one among them that takes less time and tastes the best. I really love to make it little different by going for spicy fried egg curry.

If you are health conscious then you must know the importance of fish, we all need it as it gives lots of protein to us. Fish oil has lots of benefits, particularly if you have diseases related to heart, high cholesterol, weight loss, depression, anxiety, cancer etc. I am from a costal belt and we often get lots of sea food in a cheap price. I love hilsa, pamphlet, shrimp a lot but here is a recipe for you that I tried with tilapia fish. This fish is commonly available in Southern India, if you live outside of India then you will find it everywhere.

I love making dishes using cauliflowers but among them gobi Manchurian is my favorite. I learned making gobi manchurian from my friend and when I made it first time it was just amazing. Hope you will like it sure. Definitely this gobi manchurian recipe is from her but I am putting it together for you people so that you also cook this at home and enjoy the dish.

Lots of Indians are vegetarians, are you one among them? If you are a vegetarian just try this delicious malai kofta recipe. You can make it in 20 minutes. I like malai kofta very much and I am sure you will cook it again and again once you make it for the first time in your kitchen.

If you are already here then you must be loving the ladoos, I like it too. Last diwali I was thinking what sweets should I make at home to celebrate the occasion and I selected boondi ladoo to be one among all the sweets. All my friends and relatives seems to love it, I hope if you make it for your lovables then they will surely like it.

There is a common saying Indians have thirteen festivals in twelve months, in-fact there is much more than 13. Diwali is the most common festival, almost every Indian celebrates this occasion. Everyone makes different kind of sweets to eat at home and share with relatives. This time I will make the ras malai. I made it many times in past and all my relatives, friends seem to love it, then why not I guide you making this diwali special sweet rasmalai at your kitchen.

Have you ever tasted Chinese egg chicken rolls? I love the rolls from panda express but the egg and chicken roll that I cook at home is totally different than that. If you go to Indian restaurants or visit India then you can try these rolls. They are so tasty, I just love them. It is a starter you can try it at home and I bet you will like it.

Hey, this time I have a friend to add my list of recipes. She is Snigdha who lives in Chicago and she sent me this delicious okra recipe that is cooked with yogurt. Looking to pictures it seems a great dish to try at home. Thanks Snigdha for sending this recipe. Vegetables are most necessary for our health. Lots of people are vegetarians, they do not take manage to extract various minerals for their body from vegetables only. You can make lots of vegetarian dishes using different vegetables. Okra is one of the most common vegetable and I think people like it, I definitely like it. Okra is commonly known in india as Bhindi. You can make different kinds of recipes using Okra as main ingredient. Okra with yogurt is the best recipe so try it today.

Chicken is the common food all over the world and I think many people keep on looking for different chicken dishes to taste. Have heard of chicken tikka? Do you know UK took the idea of chicken tikka and made the chicken tikka masala which remains the most likeable recipe of the country for several years from now. Chicken tikka marsala is also my hubby’s favorite so I cooked this many times at home. If you tried chicken tikka masala in a restaurant and looking for "How to Cook Chicken Tikka Masala" at home then you are at right place because I have everything written here in a step-by-step process.